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6493877

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
A review was made of 195 peripheral blood smears of 157 neonates who required sepsis work-up in the first month of life. Degenerative changes of neutrophils including vacuolization and toxic granulation were observed frequently in infants with culture-proven bacterial sepsis. Of 21 peripheral blood smears from 20 neonates subsequently proven to have bacterial infection, 17 had vacuolization present in the neutrophils for a sensitivity of 81%, a specificity of 93%, and a positive predictive accuracy of 59%. Toxic granulation changes in neutrophils showed similar results. This simple test can be performed easily in all hospitals; it does not require special laboratory facilities. The test appears to provide a valuable adjunct in the early detection of neonatal bacterial infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
823-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Degenerative changes in neutrophils: an indicator of bacterial infection.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article